Universal #261
Legacy number: 261
| Number | 261 |
| Original | In ergative languages personal verb affixes are arranged such that the object marker almost always precedes the subject marker. |
| Standardized | IF alignment is predominantly ergative, THEN of verbal person markers those for object (if present) almost always precede those for subject. |
| Formula | ergative language ⇒ ObjectSubject markers |
| Keywords | alignment, ergative, verb, person, affix-order, subject, object |
| Domain | inflection, syntax |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | different language families in Klimov 1973 |
| Source | Klimov 1973: 102 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
The so-called suffixal languages of Australia (Klimov 1973)
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